Shoulder pad



Juy 29, 1947.

M. LAVIN SHOULDER PAD Filed May 2., 19116I JNVENTOIL L H V l N Patented July 29, 1947 UNITED STATES arretez ATENT OFFICE SHOULDER PAD Max Lavn, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application May 2, 1946, Serial No. 666,765

1 Claim. l

The present invention relates to shoulder pads, and has for its general object to provide a pad which will give the shoulders of the garment the desired more or less square-ended shape, shall lodge comfortably on wearers shoulder and shall withstand wear throughout the life of the garment and preserve its quality of shaping the shoulders of the garment as desired and intended.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shoulder pad of the type described, which curves downwardly in front and back and which while having a curved and squared outer end, its other edges are thinned or feathered. With this construction the shoulder pad ts snugly over the wearers shoulder, performs its function of shaping the shoulder of the garment and does not-interfere with the lines of the garment or the draping of the material of the garment over the shoulder.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to persons skilled 'in the art from the following specification and accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the shoulder Pad;

Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a partial sectional view on line 3-3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a partial sectional View taken on line .l-II of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the cotton or wadding assembly before it is enclosed in the outer casing or envelope;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the outer casing or envelope;

Figure 7 is an end View of Figure 5.

Referring particularly to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the shoulder pad of the present invention is roughly triangular in shape and is provided with a transversely eX- tending arched or crescent shaped end panel I0, which is best illustrated in Figure 2. This transversely arched panel will be seen as conforming to the shoulder of the wearer illustrated by dot and dash line Il in that it curves down on the front and back of the shoulder, these front and back edges I2 and I3 being thinned or feathered with their rear ends meeting at a common point IQ, as best shown in Figure 1. Thus, the present shoulder pad with its maximum thickness along the vertical median line of the crescent shaped end panel I0 tapers off to I4 along the length of the shoulder and also tapers off transversely in opposite directions toward the edges I2 and I3 of the pad.

The outer envelope or casing of the shoulder pad includes the crescent shaped end panel III, which is of a suitable textile fabric layer reenforced to maintain the shape shown in Figure 2 by two layers I5 of buckram or similar stilening material. The upper panel IIS of the outer casing or envelope is also provided with two layers of buckram I'I and is stitched to the upper edge of the end panel I0 by the line of stitching I8. The bottom panel I9 of the casing preferably consists of a single layer of casing material, not reenfonced by any buckram, similarly stitched to the bottom edge of the end panel IIJ by the line of stitching 20. After the previously prepared iller, which will be described later, has been placed between the panels I6 and I9 of the casing, these parts are stitched together along the lines 2| and 22 therebyv forming the thin edges l2 and I3 and completely enveloping the filler within the casing.

What has been described to this point is the outer envelope or casing which comprises the upper triangular layer of textile material I6 reenforced by two layers of buckram, the lower triangular non-reenforced fabric I9, and the crescent'shaped reenforced end panel Ill.

In addition to this outer envelope or casing, the present shoulder pad comprises an inner open-ended envelope or casing containing a filling of wadding or cotton 23.

This inner envelope comprises a triangular top layer 33 of buckrarn or similar suitable stiffening material and a correspondingly shaped bottom layer 34 of relatively soft and eXible material. In the preferred form, this bottom layer 34 is of a high quality sheeted wadding, which is available on the market in the form of a layer 32 of lightly and loosely felted cotton wadding or the like disposed between two layers 3G, 3l of thin cotton sheeting. The layers 33 and 36 are stitched together along the line 35 and 36 to provide marginal edges 31.

The lling 23 of any suitable cotton wadding is shaped to fill the inner envelope and for this purpose it is generally of triangular shape with its greatest thickness in the median portion of the -base of the triangle, the filling being further characterized in that it tapers oif in thickness toward its opposite side edges as well as towards the apex of the triangle.

In the present construction, the lling 23 is inserted into the inner envelope through its open end thereof, this end of the envelope being left Y open as is seen in Figures 3, and 7. With the filling 23 in the inner envelope, the same is ready for assembly Within the outer envelope.

As shown in Figure 6, the outer envelope, which is adapted to receive the inner envelope and filling 23, has its top panel I6 stitched to the buckram Il Iby the median line of stitching 40. Similarly, the end panel I0 is stitched to its buckram reenforcement by a median line of stitching 4|. In addition, as previously described, the top and bottom panels I6 and I9 are respectively secured to the upper and lower edges of the end panel l0 by the lines of stitching I8 and 20. 'Ihe innerA envelope With its filling 23 is received between the its open base and perhaps some Vof the protruding liller 23, as shown in Figure 5, disposed against the base I 0. The assembly is now finished by the lines of stitching 2i and 22, which unite the overlying marginal edges of the outer and inner envelopes.

The crescent-shaped reenforced base or end of the outer envelopeV lends the shoulder pad the desired sharply defined squared end, the `attainment of this objective being augmented by the open-ended construction of the inner envelope containing the lling material or padding 23. For it is this open-'ended construction that permitsth'e cotton filling or padding 23'to resiliently press" against the crescent shaped reenforced end Apanel I' of the outer envelope. Thus, the open based inner envelope cooperates with the reenforced base of the'outer envelope Vto produce the square end and to maintain the square end through the life of the garment.

It will be understood, of course, that the present invention is susceptible of various changes and modifications which maybe made from'time to time without departing from the real spirit or general principles of the present invention, and accordingly it is intended to claim the same broadly as well as specifically as indicated in the appended claim.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

A shoulder pad for garments comprising an open-ended envelope of generally triangular shape in perimetral outline, the opposite side edges of which converge from the open end of the envelope toward the apex thereof, said envelope being internally filled with a filling wadding of gradually decreasing depth or thickness laterally to either side of the median Vertical plane of the envelope, the filled envelope being arched transversely of said median plane with the filling wadding thereof terminating ilush with the open-end of the envelope whereby the exposed surface of the Wadding is of substantially crescent shape in outline and lies in a substantially ilat .plane extending transversely of said median plane and substantially normal to the common plane of the converging side edges of the filled envelope, and a stiffened closure for saidopenend of the envelope adapted to overlie the crescent-shaped flat surface of the lling wadding', said closure being of crescent shape in outline and being secured along its marginal edges to the edges of the envelope which define the open end thereof, said end closure imparting tothe shoulder pad a sharply defined squared end,

MAX LAVIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of'this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,399,731 Gillman May 7, 1946 2,195,806 Barbieri Apr. 2, 1940 622,765 Goldman Apr, 11, 1899 2,395,024 Tangorra Feb. 19, 1946 

